 The hospital kitchens were shut down on Sunday |
The Royal Marines have been called in after the Norwalk virus struck the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital over the weekend. The kitchens reopened on Monday after chefs at the commando training centre at Lympstone were asked to prepare more than 500 hot meals for patients.
Scores of patients at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been hit over the past week by the bug.
The hospital kitchens were shut down on Sunday as a precaution.
The decision to close the kitchens was taken after one of the catering staff came down with the vomiting and diarrhoea bug.
Chefs at the commando training centre were asked by the hospital to prepare hot meals for patients.
Infection control
A local supplier was also asked to prepare hundreds of fresh sandwiches.
A hospital spokesman said the kitchens were reopened on Monday after a major infection control operation.
"We owe thanks to the Royal Marines and our local sandwich supplier for coming to the rescue," he said.
There are currently four wards closed at the hospital because of the bug and 80 patients and 40 staff have been infected by the virus at some stage.
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